General Certificate of Secondary Education

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils taking GCSEs obtained three A*-C passes in separate science subjects in  (a) the state sector and  (b) the independent sector in each of the last five years.

Jim Knight: Name missing from Hansard
	
		
			   Maintained Schools  Independent Schools 
			   Number of pupils achieving A*-C grades in Biology, Chemistry and Physics  Percentage of pupils achieving A*-C grades in Biology, Chemistry and Physics  Number of 15-year-olds  Number of pupils achieving A*-C grades in Biology, Chemistry and Physics  Percentage of pupils achieving A*-C grades in Biology, Chemistry and Physics  Number of 15-year-olds 
			 2006-07 30,542 5.0 608,125 11,629 24.0 48,537 
			 2005-06 28,283 4.7 600,650 11,558 23.9 48,292 
			 2004-05 25,502 4.3 589,881 11,500 24.5 46,890 
			 2003-04 23,161 3.9 596,602 11,635 24.8 46,958 
			 2002-03 21,046 3.6 577,791 11,434 25.8 44,331 
			  Notes: 1. These figures relate to 15-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in all maintained and independent schools. 2. Maintained schools include academies and CTCs.